Maintaining memories by reactivation

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 698-703

  Rasch, Björn ^a   Born, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ENERGY RECOVERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVATION PATTERN; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STIMULUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP;

EID: 40849118093     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2007.11.007     Document Type: Review

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